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Colorado Support Groups

Support Groups provide a forum to share feelings, concerns, information, and as well as a place to offer peer support and encouragement. Solicitations or research projects are not conducted at support group meetings.

Support groups often feature speakers specializing in scleroderma or related topics. To find out information about upcoming speakers or meeting topics, or to suggest topics or speakers of interest to you, please contact the support group leader in your area below or the chapter office at cochapter@scleroderma.org or 303-806-6686.

This schedule is subject to change. Before attending a group for the first time, please call to verify date and time. Groups are free of charge and open to everyone.

November 8, 2018 - Dr. Paul Menard-Katcher, Gastroenterologist at UCHealth, will host a Q&A on GI issues and scleroderma. Please email your questions in advance to cochapter@scleroderma.org. Questions received in advance will be given priority on the call.February 7, 2019 - To be announced. May 9, 2019 - To be announced. August 8, 2019 - To be announced.

November 17, 2018 - Holiday luncheon and party at Edelweiss Restaurant, 34 E. Ramona Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80905. (NOTE: DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR THIS EVENT.)January 19, 2019 - View and discuss a video from the 2018 National Patient Education Conference titled "Taking Care of Your Hands and Face" presented by Janet Poole, PhD, OTR/L. March 16, 2019 - To be announced. May 18, 2019 - To be announced. July 20, 2019 - To be announced. September 21, 2019 - To be announced.

November 10, 2018 - Sara Palecki, a certified yoga instructor, will present on Yoga Nidra - a sleep based meditation that allows you to go beyond the boundaries of body and mind into a sacred space for healing.December 8, 2018 - Holiday party! January 12, 2019 - Open
discussion - bring your scleroderma questions & concerns to share with your
peers. February 9, 2019 - Sarah Funk, RD, CNSC, Clinical Dietitian Specialist at UCHealth, will discuss diet and scleroderma. March 9, 2019 - To be announced. April 13, 2019 - To be announced. May 11, 2019 - To be announced. June 8, 2019 - Annual picnic.July 13, 2019 - To be announced. August 10, 2019 - Update on the workshops presented at the 2019 National Patient Education Conference.September 14, 2019 - To be announced. October 12, 2019 - To be announced.

December 1, 2018 - Holiday luncheon at 11 a.m. at The Moot House, 2626 S. College Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80525. (NOTE: DIFFERENT TIME AND LOCATION FOR THIS EVENT!) February 16, 2019 - A representative from Actelion Pharmaceuticals US will present on PAH (tentative). (NOTE: THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THE 3RD SATURDAY OF FEBRUARY!) April 27, 2019 - Amanda Mixon, PA, Arthritis & Rheumatology
Clinic of Northern Colorado - topic to be announced. June 22, 2019 - To be announced. August 24, 2019 - To be announced. October26, 2019 - To be announced.

November 10, 2018 - Update on the workshops presented at the 2018 National Patient Education Conference. January 12, 2019 - To be announced. March 9. 2019 - To be announced. May 11, 2019 - To be announced. July 13, 2019 - To be announced. September 14, 2019 - To be announced.